Gallery: Cutest celebrity cover babies

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Jessica Simpson's baby girl, Maxwell Drew, appeared on the June 1, 2012 issue of People magazine, just one month after she was born in Los Angeles. According to reports, Simpson earned $850,000 for the exclusive, even though baby Maxwell clearly slept through part of the shoot.

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Gisele Bundchen debuted the son she had with New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady on the cover of Brazilian magazine Quem in February 2010. She then gave an interview in which she claimed labour "didn't hurt in the slightest," making women everywhere hate her even more.Quem
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Christina Milian showed off her daughter Violet in Us Weekly, April 2010.Us Weekly
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Kourtney Kardashian debuted two-week-old son Mason on the cover of Life & Style in December 2009. Nice try, but we still can't tell the Kardashian sisters apart.Life & Style
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Former Playboy Playmate Kendra Wilkinson showed off new son Hank Baskett IV to OK! magazine in December 2009, just five days after he was born!OK!
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Katherine Heigl debuted her adopted daughter, Naleigh, on the cover of People in October 2009.People
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Samantha Burke showed off Jude Law's new baby girl, Sophia, in Hello! in October 2009. The only problem: Law hadn't even met his five-week-old daughter by that point. Oopsie!Hello!
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Clay Aiken debuted his new baby Parker in October 2008 on the cover of People, but for some reason, everyone was more interested in his admission that he's gay. Seriously people, this was news?People
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In March 2008, Nicole Richie debuted her new daughter Harlow (along with her new domesticated, clean-cut, DUI-free image) on the cover of People magazine.People
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By the time Nicole covered People again with her newborn Sparrow in November 2009, we'd completely forgotten about her previous party-lovin' ways.People
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People reportedly paid Christina Aguilera $1.5 million US for snaps of her new son, Max, in February 2008. For that kind of money, we'd suffer through stretch marks and uncontrollable gas, too.People
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Jamie Lynn Spears, 19, showed off new baby Maddie Briann Aldridge in OK! magazine on July 2008, and made it seem like being a teen mom was the most! awesome! job! ever!OK!
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Jennifer Lopez showed off twins Max and Emme in People magazine in March 2008 (and reportedly got paid between $4-6 million US for her troubles -- a payout that matches Gigli's box office receipts.) OK! Magazine reportedly contributed $2 million US for the international rights.People
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People magazine has denied the widely reported claim that they shelled out $4 million US for the first photos of Brangelina's biological baby, Shiloh, in June 2006.People
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People scored another baby coup with the first photos of Brangelina's twins in August 2008, reportedly to the tune of $14 million US. It's rumoured that the genetically perfect couple donated the money to charity.People
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Tori Spelling debuted son Liam in April 2007 on the cover of Us Weekly.Us Weekly
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Tori then hit up OK! to show off the first pics of baby Stella in June 2008.OK!
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Patrick Dempsey showed off twins Darby and Sullivan in People magazine in March 2007.People
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Marcia Cross, 44, continued the twin trend, debuting Savannah and Eden in People magazine in April 2007.People
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Britney Spears and Kevin Ferderline showed off Sean Preston in November 2005, and reportedly donated the proceeds to Hurricane Katrina victims.People
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Before Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes debuted daughter Suri in Vanity Fair's October 2006 issue, everyone assumed she didn't exist. As soon as the mag hit newsstands, the popular theory evolved to 'Ok, she does exist, but she's a robot.' On the plus side, everyone thinks she's an *adorable* robot!Vanity Fair
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Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale reportedly pocketed $575,000 US for the first photos of Kingston, which debuted in OK! in June 2006.OK!
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Julia Roberts showed off twins Hazel and Finn on the cover of People in February 2005.People
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